Lesson Details

Using Inference to Analyze

2014-2015

Freshman Literature, Fall 2014

Date

Dec. 10, 2014

Additional Info
1. quiz a partner on terms and allusions 21-25

2. Take out a sheet of paper. Using ONLY your notes you took while listening to "The Necklace" answer the following prompt:
  • Which principal literary device does de Maupassant use to make the reader feel sympathy for Mathilde? Give specifics where he uses this device and what its effect is on you, the reader. Make sure you start with a thesis statement that contains the literary device and what the author is using it to do.



3. You will receive a copy of "Charles" by Shirley Jackson. As this story is read to you, write down EVERY inference you can make about the characters. Each time you read something that gives you insight into a character, write down that thing in the margin. 

reminder definition of inference (and infer):
An inference is a conclusion you are able to draw from evidence rather than from being directly told. For example, if you see someone driving a Porsche, you can infer she is wealthy and probably has a nice house. If you see your parents putting on their best clothes, you can infer that they are going out on a nice date that night. You can make inferences based on the things someone says, the things someone is doing, or the things someone says or does to someone else.

Analysis is really just inference. You're taking things the text says and coming to conclusions based on those things, just like you do with people in real life. The only difference in analysis is that you have to have plenty of evidence to back up what you're saying, and you have to tell your reader where you found that information.